Last year was a frustrating pecan year for many – the early first freeze in October caused a lot of shucks to not open up, reducing yields. Pecans are a beautiful tree and a delicious crop but are a ...

Many pecan trees are carrying good nut crops this season, but harvest quality may be reduced by pecan scab and losses to recent dry spells. There are times when nut bearing trees like hickory, walnut ...

Pecan trees and their hickory tree cousin are nutty buddies not from South Carolina. The pecan is the only nut tree native to the United States and is indigenous to North America. It is found along ...

Fruit trees, pecan trees and other nut plants can be grown with great success and relatively few problems. However, I’m often asked about how to control pecan scab, peach leaf curl, borers and poor ...

There is nothing better than a pie made using pecans harvested from a tree in Pontotoc County. You may have visited your favorite tree recently with hopes of finding a large crop of developing pecans ...

GARDEN RIDGE, Texas – A fallen pecan tree limb sent a local man to the hospital Sunday. From his hospital bed, Juan Cantu remembered trying to cut the broken branch when the whole limb snapped and ...

TIFTON, GA—Pecan trees, like many fruit trees, have a tendency to bear fruit in cycles, producing a large crop in one or two years, followed by one or two years with little or no crop. This cycle, ...

Out of 500 named varieties of pecan trees, about a dozen are recommended for each area of Texas. The pecan tree became the official state tree of Texas in 1919, credited to Governor Hogg’s love for ...

Severe weather is seldom kind to agriculture. A hard freeze too late in March or April shrinks a peach crop, while excessive ...

The unusually wet and cold weather of spring has actually been good for Louisiana's pecan and fruit trees. A good example is a 100-acre pecan farm in south Caddo Parish, which is the one of its kind ...

Pecan season is here. Pecan trees are native to Arkansas, and their nuts are a welcome sign of fall. While many people would like to have them as a shade tree with benefits -- to produce large, ...